On Thursday, a federal judge blocked the state of California from enforcing a newly-passed law that was directly targeting President Donald Trump over his tax returns, as reported by Reuters. U.S. District Judge Morrison England declared that the law could lead to the president and other presidential candidates who don’t comply with the law facing
Ken Cuccinelli, Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, wants to publish the personal information of illegal aliens who are facing criminal charges, according to the Daily Caller. Cuccinelli apparently made the request in a memo to the Department of Homeland Security, asking DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan “for the ability to disclose certain information about
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, announced his intention to see the company become “carbon neutral by 2040,” and pledged to buy up to 100,000 electric delivery vans, Reuters reports. The announcement comes ahead of an event known as “Climate Week” in New York, a weekly gathering of worldwide political and business figures, as well as
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D-N.Y.) has announced that he is withdrawing from the race for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination. Making the announcement on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” de Blasio said that he “[felt] like I contributed all I can to this primary election and it’s clearly not my time.” He instead
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has found himself at the center of another highly-publicized “blackface” scandal, admitting to wearing a variant of the racial makeup known as “brownface” at a party in 2001, as per the New York Post. The Canadian prime minister admitted further that the incident in 2001, where he wore brownface and
As the homelessness crisis in California escalates, state officials requested increased federal funding to combat the issue, only to be rejected by Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, as reported by ABC. The request letter was signed by Governor Gavin Newsom (D-Calif.) and “mayors of the state’s 13 largest cities.” The letter points out
President Trump, growing increasingly frustrated over the ongoing homelessness crisis in California’s major cities, has threatened to leverage EPA violations against the state as incentive to solve the crisis, the Washington Post reports. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, President Trump described it as “a terrible situation that’s in Los Angeles and in San
The mechanic accused of sabotaging an American Airlines jetliner back in July was found to have had violent Islamic State videos on his cellphone, as well as desire for Allah to hurt non-Muslims, new evidence unveiled at his bail hearing revealed on Wednesday. Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, according to prosecutors, has ties to ISIS through
The New York Times announced Tuesday that it would be shutting down its Spanish-language version, NYT en Espanol, according to The Hill. A spokesperson for the Times confirmed to The Hill that the publication had “discontinued NYT en Espanol as a separate, standalone operation” after it had launched three years prior, admitting that “it did
The New York City Department of Education is considering a ban on chocolate milk in all public schools, Fox News reports. A major reason behind the possible ban is an effort to cut down on sugar in students’ diets, according to a DOE source who spoke to the New York Post, saying “these kids are
